Button

Inheritance: Element -> NavigableElement -> VisualElement -> View Xamarin.Forms documentation: Button API / Guide

For details on how the control actually works, please refer to the Xamarin.Forms documentation.

Constructors

Constructors	Description
Button(text: string, onClicked: ‘msg)	Defines a Button widget with a text and clicked event

Properties

Properties	Description
textColor(light: FabColor, ?dark: FabColor)	Sets the text color depending if light or dark mode
textTransform(value: TextTransform)	Sets the text transformation (lowercase, uppercase) to apply on the text
cornerRadius(value: int)	Sets the corner radius of the button
borderColor(light: FabColor, ?dark: FabColor)	Sets the border color depending if light or dark mode
borderWidth(value: float)	Sets the border width of the button
padding(value: float)	Sets a uniform amount of padding around the button
padding(value: Thickness)	Sets a uniform amount of padding around the button
padding(left: float, top: float, right: float, bottom: float)	Sets the amount of padding around the button
characterSpacing(value: float)	Sets the spacing between each character of the button
contentLayout(position: ImagePosition, spacing: float)	Sets the position and spacing of the image in the button
font(?size: float, ?namedSize: NamedSize, ?attributes: FontAttributes, ?fontFamily: string)	Sets the font family used
image(light: ImageSource, ?dark: ImageSource)	Sets the image source depending if light or dark mode
image(light: string, ?dark: string)	Sets the image source from a file depending if light or dark mode
image(light: Uri, ?dark: Uri)	Sets the image source from an uri depending if light or dark mode
image(light: Stream, ?dark: Stream)	Sets the image source from a stream depending if light or dark mode
onPressed(onPressed: ‘msg)	Sets the event handler for the button pressed event
onReleased(onReleased: ‘msg)	Sets the event handler for the button released event
reference(value: ViewRef<Button>)	Sets a ViewRef instance to retrieve the Xamarin.Forms.Button instance associated to this widget

Events

Properties	Description
onPressed(onPressed: ‘msg)	Sets the event handler for the button pressed event
onReleased(onReleased: ‘msg)	Sets the event handler for the button released event

Usages

Button("Press me!", ClickMsg)
    .textColor(light = Color.Red.ToFabColor(), dark = Color.Blue.ToFabColor())
    .textTransform(TextTransform.Lowercase)
    .cornerRadius(10)
    .borderColor(light = Color.Red.ToFabColor(), dark = Color.Blue.ToFabColor())
    .borderWidth(2.)
    .padding(10.)
    .characterSpacing(1.)
    .contentLayout(ImagePosition.Left, 10.)
    .image(light = "icon.png", dark = "icon.png")
    .font(namedSize = NamedSize.Large, fontFamily = "Arial", attributes = FontAttributes.Bold)
    .onPressed(PressedMsg)
    .onReleased(ReleasedMsg)

Get access to the underlying Xamarin.Forms.Button

let buttonRef = ViewRef<Button>()

Button("Press me!", ClickMsg)
    .reference(buttonRef)